LDS Objections to the Genetic Studies

Founder
effect
If one individual harbors a significant A permanent structural alteration in DNA, consisting of either a substitution, insertion or deletion of nucleotide bases.mutation compared to
the population he came from, the genetics would be skewed
toward that one individual.

Mormon apologists have cited possible genetic effects to explain the lack of
Jewish genetic markers in Native American populations. Frequently cited are the
founder’s effect and genetic drift. Although the terms sound scientific and
possibly could explain the contradictory evidence, there is not a non-Mormon
scientist who would accept those kinds of explanations as being valid. Let’s
first explain the principles and how they might apply to these studies. Founder
effects can result from one individual becoming the dominant ancestor of a
population. In the founder effect, if that one individual harbors a significant
A permanent structural alteration in DNA, consisting of either a substitution, insertion or deletion of nucleotide bases.mutation compared to the population he came from, the genetics would be skewed
toward that one individual. Genetic drift results in isolated populations as
selective breeding occurs, skewing the genetics in a particular direction
different from other isolated populations.